The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

Quote by Jean Paul

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Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Weaklings must lie.

Weaklings must lie.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows...

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows...

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff,...

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff,...

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over...

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over...

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.